Yeah, you...you, over there in the corner writing poetry that no one else cares about...you over there talking about how your weird hair or freaky clothes are inspiring discord by making people treat you as a social pariah...you, baking the cookies and pie...what are you doing? I mean, what are you actually DOING? you profess to adhere to some noble idea of being the monkeywrench in the MACHINE, and yet, you stand idly by and occasionally grease the gears yourself, oblivious to the fact that you're just as much one of THEM as THEY are...you may frown on the idea of "serious discordians", but do we not, upon taking on the mantle of Erisianism, also take upon ourselves some (ir)responsibility to effect the dynamic which we profess to give our allegiance to? Do we not sully the (not so)good name of our brothers and sisters in discord when we do nothing to bring the discord into not only our lives, but the lives of others? Are we not, in fact, worse than those we call Greyface? For Greyface is just a cog in the MACHINE, he knows not that he is part of a greater evil, he just goes to work, goes to the bar, goes home to his nagging wife and screamy kids, and gets up the next day to do it again, oblivious all the while to the random wonder that he is surrounded by...but YOU (and I include myself in this accusation too, for I am no better than my peers) should know better...you are KNOWINGLY perpetuating the imbalance between hodge and podge...you are INTENTIONALLY depriving the world of SLACK..."So what?" you say..."who are you to tell me what to do?" you say...to which I can only invoke rule number one (KYFMS) and try to assure you that I AM trying...and that for you not to do the same is not only irresponsible and dangerous, but just downright LAME. Go call yourself wahtever you want, but do not come to me calling yourself a Discordian, for you are not worthy of the name...get off your ass...go outside...look around you at the world that you inhabit...do you not see the grid? the pattern? the plotted points on the graph that dictate the movement and actions of everything around you? of course you do...you wouldn't have gotten this far if you didn't...but now it's time ot take the next step...the REAL step...the only step that truly MATTERS...it's time for you to start living up to your own self-professed ideals...go now! go slash a tire on a delivery truck while it's parked on a major city street...go jam epoxy resin into the coin slots of all the parking meters...go write not one letter to your congressman, but 1000 letters, all signed by different people, all crying out for the repeal of laws prohibiting voluntary autoerotic cannibalism...go open the valves on a tank of NO2 in the lobby of a major investment firm...go rotate all the streetsigns in your neighborhood 90 degrees to the left...GO DO SOMETHING...now, before you wake up one day, go to your crappy job, go to the bar, come home to your nagging wife and screaming kids, and get up the next day to do it all over again....
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Sometimes people turn into that which they fear the most.
Okay, you get a point back, McStab.
Chao is all, and all is Chao. Long live Eris.
*Blows one note on the flute for Turd*
sadly, I fear that "sometimes" may be understating the matter...
welcome back, BTW.
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Quote from: McStabsadly, I fear that "sometimes" may be understating the matter...
welcome back, BTW.
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Thanks.
Just grabbing a few things.
No hard feelings?
aw
thats nice
Im glad that was said
no, Im not being sarcastic
hooray!
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: McStabsadly, I fear that "sometimes" may be understating the matter...
welcome back, BTW.
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Thanks.
Just grabbing a few things.
No hard feelings?
hard feelings? hardly...I sincerely hope you didn't leave on my account, not that I think you would have, but just saying...to say that this board will be a much sorrier place without your presence may be quite an understatement...
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Quote from: McStabQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: McStabsadly, I fear that "sometimes" may be understating the matter...
welcome back, BTW.
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Thanks.
Just grabbing a few things.
No hard feelings?
hard feelings? hardly...I sincerely hope you didn't leave on my account, not that I think you would have, but just saying...to say that this board will be a much sorrier place without your presence may be quite an understatement...
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Naw, I left because my head was full of Tongans.
He's gone, I'm back...though, as I said, I will be spending a little less time here, as I plan on hitting some writing newsgroups.
Thanks, though.
my bad, all this tim ei thought religion was a mtter of faith. not of what soem dickface in maine thought about or percieved about me.
i'm assuming it must be aimed at me, because, it's iobviously not aimed at other people. again and again.
well i must not be discordian. la di fuckin da.
don't flatter yourself, dude...it wasn't aimed at anybody, it was aimed at everybody, myself included as you would have known if you'd bothered to read it carefully enough...
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i did read it, it's another hey you guys all fucking suck! who you ask? nobody!
because there are no discordians anywhere!
i jsut figured it must be me, cuz it can't be anybody else right?
Quote from: some fucking idiot.i did read it, it's another hey you guys all fucking suck! who you ask? nobody!
because there are no discordians anywhere!
i jsut figured it must be me, cuz it can't be anybody else right?
Either that, or you're nuts.
One or the other.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: some fucking idiot.i did read it, it's another hey you guys all fucking suck! who you ask? nobody!
because there are no discordians anywhere!
i jsut figured it must be me, cuz it can't be anybody else right?
Either that, or you're nuts.
One or the other.
what if i am nuts? at least i don't take it out on everybody else. at least i'm not hurtful or hateful about it. i least i take responsibility for my shit one way or the other, because madness is never any excuse for anything.
Quote from: some fucking idiot.i did read it, it's another hey you guys all fucking suck! who you ask? nobody!
because there are no discordians anywhere!
i jsut figured it must be me, cuz it can't be anybody else right?
Correct. You are, after all, everyone on here, so it did apply both exclusively to you and everyone at once. Want a cookie?
For all of you who feel like writing poetry, crappy or otherwise, please continue. Goat McTurd has said on more than one occasion that he hates most poetry, most being like 98%. I enjoy it, plus a lot of poetry writing is for the poet, not the reader.
I don't give a shit if people have green hair and their piercings weigh more than their brains. I just don't like to hear them complain when it gets them the kind of attention that they do not want.
I like pie and cookies and I explained it over there---->Some people need pie and cookies. I am here for those people who need pie and cookies before they can get to a point to care about other human beings. And even after.
Quoteyou profess to adhere to some noble idea of being the monkeywrench in the MACHINE
I never professed to this. I do this quite naturally without trying. And even when I do it on purpose, rarely am I being noble.
Quotejust as much one of THEM as THEY are
We all are. THEY are US as much as WE are THEY. Any dividing line is in the imagination
I haven't pledged allegiance to anything since I was in grade school and saying the pledge of allegiance to the flag was still legal.
Discord finds its way into my life without my help, wtf have you been?
Quotego slash a tire on a delivery truck while it's parked on a major city street
Yeah, well, that might cause some chaos, but mostly, it's just plain mean. And have you ever seen a truck driver? Especially if they are delivering to a store? Some of those guys could rip your head off. Seriously. But mostly, that's just mean.
Also, marry someone that does not nag and stay home from the bar often enough to teach your kids some manners. Get off your high horse, Charlie 'Goat Turd' McFergusin. What got your knickers in a bunch. And who do you think you are to tell me the right and proper way to be a Discordian, which I don't think I have ever claimed to be. Or claimed to not be. As I recall, I told you to go be angry in the corner, and I would sit over there with my pie. So unless you want pie in the face STFU
Quote from: KenseiQuote from: some fucking idiot.i did read it, it's another hey you guys all fucking suck! who you ask? nobody!
because there are no discordians anywhere!
i jsut figured it must be me, cuz it can't be anybody else right?
Correct. You are, after all, everyone on here, so it did apply both exclusively to you and everyone at once. Want a cookie?
i don't want a cookie. iwant peopel to stop fucking with peopel i care about, stop insulting them, and maybe, just maybe apologize if they want to continue to be in their and mine company. i jsut lsot a career over ppl fuckign with ppl i care about. yeah i'm mad, and agnry. i've been full of fucking near unbearable anger for weeks, and i dont' enjoy seeign this shit. my drunken bullshit has more value than this bullshit.
is it really too much to fucking ask people to show soem fucking respect?
yeah it is. apparently.
if i didn't love people, i'd fucking hate them.
Quote from: horab
my drunken bullshit has more value than this bullshit.
You have a point there. It is more entertaining as well.
But seriously d00d, you should probably cut back a bit.Quote from: horab
is it really too much to fucking ask people to show soem fucking respect?
Apparently. You are like me, I think in this, mostly mellow, but don't fuck with us.
Quote from: horab
yeah it is. apparently.
if i didn't love people, i'd fucking hate them.
Some days my motto is, I hate people, and sometimes it gets so bad I sing made up songs, songs bad enough to make the Goat Turd cringe, which makes me sing loud enough that one day he may hear me. 8)
most of us wouldn't know discord if it bit us on the pineal gland.
Argghhh! WTF, dude, something just bit me on my pineal gland... :roll: :wink:
Quote from: ChaosGraves:AgentOfErismost of us wouldn't know discord if it bit us on the pineal gland.
speak for yourself.
Quote from: McStabgo to the bar kids, and get up the next day to do it all over again....
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i like this bit.
I loved the rant. I like the language, the ideals, "screamy". I get your point, turd. I understand what you're trying to do. Get people angry enough to wake up, right?
By insulting people, the only action you're going to inspire will be towards you. I'm telling you, if you want to be effective you need to stop shining that spotlight on your peers and start shining it in the dark places.
And you're also the one who's always telling people to keep it quiet. That's my real issue with your newest style. You have no idea what I do in my spare time, the things I have done that are successful. And hopefully it stays that way. If I post a haiku it's because I need a temporary distraction from the meatspace, that other world that exists outside of my computer. I don't post it in place of action. The two can co-exist. I refuse to become a haiku-less puppet for chaos the same as I refuse to become a puppet for the machine.
For me, it's about playful introspection. We're built to play as well as work. It's necessary.
People are already mad. They need direction for that anger, a glimmer of something larger than themselves. Not someone talking down to them.
This is better than usual in a general sense. My only issue is with the discordian focus.
Quote from: HoshikoBy insulting people, the only action you're going to inspire will be towards you. I'm telling you, if you want to be effective you need to stop shining that spotlight on your peers and start shining it in the dark places.
And you're also the one who's always telling people to keep it quiet.
1. Oh, I dunno...
2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Here's what I'm saying: Look at every good, successful movement of and for and to confuse the people. They all had anger as a base, yes. They had people congregating. We've got that, check. But they had someone showing them a direction, giving them the the specifics once they were angry. I don't see that on this board (well, some minor stuff on OM).
You might be right, though. It might have pissed me off enough just to do it my own damn self to stop the kvetching.
Quote from: HoshikoHere's what I'm saying: Look at every good, successful movement of and for and to confuse the people. They all had anger as a base, yes. They had people congregating. We've got that, check. But they had someone showing them a direction, giving them the the specifics once they were angry. I don't see that on this board (well, some minor stuff on OM).
You might be right, though. It might have pissed me off enough just to do it my own damn self to stop the kvetching.
Direction? :lol:
Not much of THAT, these days.
For example, look at the anti-war rallies, etc. Just about everyone carrying a sign has a sign that deals with something totally unrelated to the demonstration (PETA, etc).
Most so-called "liberals" have become what they fear most...DUMBASSES.
We, on the other hand, are better off without direction...as we specialize in the little things that booger up people's heads.
What complete and utter fucking shit. Yep, get up off your ass. Yep, tell me that all again. Yep.
Greyface = Evil? Whatever. You're just as much a greyface as anyone else. There is no machine, a machine implies order in itsself. There is no Order that is not Chaos. There is no Chaos that is not Order. It's all the same goddamn fucking thing. You're just as disillusioned as the next fucktard about the entire damn thing.
Why the hell don't you get off your fat ass and do something? Of course, that'd be useful, but it's much easier to sit on your fat ass and preach at the chior (which is of course what I'm doing at the moment). Get over your Discord and your Erisianisms. If you're so concerned about it, then you're the very creature you are fighting against. Seems to me at the moment you're the serious Discordian among the sheep.
Welcome to the Flock, can you say, "Bhaa"?
I'm not talking about liberals. You don't have to be a liberal to mess with people. Politics can be very grey. Besides, PETA was doing pretty well last time I checked (which is a shame), because they give people useful steps they can take, good information. Substence. Which is why people carry their signs even at anti-war rallies.
And I'm not talking about rallies in general. I'm talking about creative direction. And, if it's possible, shared experience. We're lucky in that we don't have to be as focused or large. We can utilize people with many different interests and peculiarities and numbers.
I like where this discussion is going. Definatly in the relm of Creative Erisian. Which is what the universe works on...hmm........
Theres a universe? Why didn't I get that memo.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO UNIVERSE.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: HoshikoHere's what I'm saying: Look at every good, successful movement of and for and to confuse the people. They all had anger as a base, yes. They had people congregating. We've got that, check. But they had someone showing them a direction, giving them the the specifics once they were angry. I don't see that on this board (well, some minor stuff on OM).
You might be right, though. It might have pissed me off enough just to do it my own damn self to stop the kvetching.
Direction? :lol:
Not much of THAT, these days.
For example, look at the anti-war rallies, etc. Just about everyone carrying a sign has a sign that deals with something totally unrelated to the demonstration (PETA, etc).
Most so-called "liberals" have become what they fear most...DUMBASSES.
We, on the other hand, are better off without direction...as we specialize in the little things that booger up people's heads.
who ar WE roger? i'ma simple man, and cannot understand. tell me why WE are so different thanTHEM.
unless of course, youwant ot ignore the direct queston as usual for you. i know i'm notworth paying attention to.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
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COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: HoshikoBesides, PETA was doing pretty well last time I checked (which is a shame), because they give people useful steps they can take, good information. Substence.
Yeah, like telling poor African women to feed their babies beer
instead of milk, wasn't it?
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
Ralph is being held without writ of habeus corpus in a secret prison camp in Montana...for the crime of realizing that ALL consistency is foolish.
Quote from: HoshikoI'm not talking about liberals. You don't have to be a liberal to mess with people. Politics can be very grey. Besides, PETA was doing pretty well last time I checked (which is a shame), because they give people useful steps they can take, good information. Substence. Which is why people carry their signs even at anti-war rallies.
And I'm not talking about rallies in general. I'm talking about creative direction. And, if it's possible, shared experience. We're lucky in that we don't have to be as focused or large. We can utilize people with many different interests and peculiarities and numbers.
PETA is just plain wrong.
TGRR,
Likes his burgers & leather boots, and recognizes mankind's place in the feeding chain.
let me preface this statement by saying that I think that people who abuse animals should get the chair.
that said, the fact that PETA spends so much time and effort on this when there are children starving in the streets of Americorp(tm) kinda rubs me the wrong way...
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Kinda like in that episode of "South Park" when Stan got banished and sent into the wilderness on a horse, and the PETA members rescued the horse and threw Stan on the ground and cursed him and dumped fake blood on him....
:roll: Humans are animals too...did they ever think of that?
And Turd, what makes you think that people are gonna post their big triumphs here? KYFMS, remember? Not all of us are into grandstanding or getting arrested, infested, inspected, detected, infected, etc...
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Quote from: agent compassion
And Turd, what makes you think that people are gonna post their big triumphs here? KYFMS, remember? Not all of us are into grandstanding or getting arrested, infested, inspected, detected, infected, etc...
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This is the correct covert victory.
This is a place, IMO, for inspirational ideas, rants, etc...not a place to provide the CoN with evidence to use against you.
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: HoshikoBesides, PETA was doing pretty well last time I checked (which is a shame), because they give people useful steps they can take, good information. Substence.
Yeah, like telling poor African women to feed their babies beer
instead of milk, wasn't it?
Exactly. I don't like their standards, and I don't like their view of "animal rights even if it means human suffering." But they're smart. As much as I dislike their policies I have to admit that they've gotten alot done by simply fighting corporate fire with fire. When you think of animal rights organizations, you think of PETA. The outrageous tactics and statements they use are mostly just for the free advertising, and they use the money they get from new sponsers to fund their real legal battles.
I'm all for animal rights. I won't try to push animal rights at the expense of human rights, and I won't be stupid about it. PETA does well not because they should do well idealistically, but because they tell people "You're for animal rights? Look at us, a big organization that wants the same thing as you do! Join us and give us some of your time and money, and we'll tell you how you can actually make a difference."
It's effective. There are a few animal rights organizations that do much better, that are smart about animal rights. They don't get as much money or as many memberships because they're not as clear about their intents and purposes. They don't really advertise, because that's more money they don't have.
But they're effective also, because they still have one thing in common with PETA, which is, again, direction. They sell people on the idea of being a part of something bigger than themselves. They use that to their advantage.
Pay attention to the organizations and movements that work. Learn from them. And if you see someone who is interested in the concept of chaos but needs some direction, encourage them. Whether you do that by example or by tutorial is up to you, but it's a hell of a lot more effective than ranting about what they're not doing.
Turd's rant probably took
some effort to write. What would happen if everyone took all of the effort they put into ranting about how much this board and the people on it suck, and put that into writing techniques or pointers in OM? It's a very small step, but things like that snowball. The pessimism and "this place used to be great"-ism here just kills me sometimes. I'd love to see less bitching about the games in apple talk, and more fresh ideas, new energy.
You can't tell me that you don't encourage your friends and those around you to be more chaotic and creative. I'm almost positive you don't give them lectures on playing poker instead of focusing on chaining all the shopping carts at a supermarket together. You probably understand that there's a time and a place for both. Why should that change the second you get onto a message board?
Quote from: Hoshiko
Exactly. I don't like their standards, and I don't like their view of "animal rights even if it means human suffering." But they're smart. As much as I dislike their policies I have to admit that they've gotten alot done by simply fighting corporate fire with fire.
What, exactly, have they accomplished?
They are the monsters of the left...they give lie to the idea that either wing of the American POV has any concern for the people of the nation in which they dwell.
They are Nazis, and I spit on them.
thenazi must be lowerign it's standards from pure evil to just kinda evil.
Quote from: horabthenazi must be lowerign it's standards from pure evil to just kinda evil.
You can't expect them to be TOTALLY evil, ALL the time.
TGRR,
Knows that even Hitler had off days.
Quote from: Hoshiko
Turd's rant probably took some effort to write. What would happen if everyone took all of the effort they put into ranting about how much this board and the people on it suck, and put that into writing techniques or pointers in OM? It's a very small step, but things like that snowball. The pessimism and "this place used to be great"-ism here just kills me sometimes. I'd love to see less bitching about the games in apple talk, and more fresh ideas, new energy.
You can't tell me that you don't encourage your friends and those around you to be more chaotic and creative. I'm almost positive you don't give them lectures on playing poker instead of focusing on chaining all the shopping carts at a supermarket together. You probably understand that there's a time and a place for both. Why should that change the second you get onto a message board?
RAH!
I swear one day I will collect all the best bits of writing from this forum and it shall be a new Disordian Holy book with which to wipe our arses or put our coffee mugs on in times of need.
there's an essential difference between nazi's and peta, somewhere in the quagmire of supposed actions and whatnot, and to your them. they want to conquer the world sure but they're aren't in the same class as teh nazi's. people can do alot of very, very bad things, and often do, but the nazi's were one of thje few thign sin history that was truly evil.
Quote from: KenseiQuote from: Hoshiko
Turd's rant probably took some effort to write. What would happen if everyone took all of the effort they put into ranting about how much this board and the people on it suck, and put that into writing techniques or pointers in OM? It's a very small step, but things like that snowball. The pessimism and "this place used to be great"-ism here just kills me sometimes. I'd love to see less bitching about the games in apple talk, and more fresh ideas, new energy.
You can't tell me that you don't encourage your friends and those around you to be more chaotic and creative. I'm almost positive you don't give them lectures on playing poker instead of focusing on chaining all the shopping carts at a supermarket together. You probably understand that there's a time and a place for both. Why should that change the second you get onto a message board?
RAH!
I swear one day I will collect all the best bits of writing from this forum and it shall be a new Disordian Holy book with which to wipe our arses or put our coffee mugs on in times of need.
RAH!
I was beginning to think my efforts were wasted! :lol:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
What, exactly, have they accomplished?
They are the monsters of the left...they give lie to the idea that either wing of the American POV has any concern for the people of the nation in which they dwell.
They are Nazis, and I spit on them.
Behind the scenes, they have slowly helped set industry standards for animal testing. They have sued for restaurant farming standards. They keep a close watch on the large-style factory farming outlets and document any violations they see. And then they sue the pants off of those comapnies.
McDonalds, KFC, Wendy's, most cosmetics companies, tons of medical testing facilities... these places have all implemented their standards due to lawsuits or the threat of lawsuits.
They have more lawyers than you can imagine. And they use them, daily. They ARE effective, but most of the press they get is for their fundraising stunts. Like I said, they've accomplished this with the help of smaller, more effective organizations, but they've done a good deal of work.
But this isn't about PETA and how evil they are. It's about discordians.
Quote from: HoshikoQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger
What, exactly, have they accomplished?
They are the monsters of the left...they give lie to the idea that either wing of the American POV has any concern for the people of the nation in which they dwell.
They are Nazis, and I spit on them.
Behind the scenes, they have slowly helped set industry standards for animal testing. They have sued for restaurant farming standards. They keep a close watch on the large-style factory farming outlets and document any violations they see. And then they sue the pants off of those comapnies.
McDonalds, KFC, Wendy's, most cosmetics companies, tons of medical testing facilities... these places have all implemented their standards due to lawsuits or the threat of lawsuits.
They have more lawyers than you can imagine. And they use them, daily. They ARE effective, but most of the press they get is for their fundraising stunts. Like I said, they've accomplished this with the help of smaller, more effective organizations, but they've done a good deal of work.
But this isn't about PETA and how evil they are. It's about discordians.
1. The ends do not justify the means. (If this is no longer true, please let me know...I have a few ideas of my own, after all.)
2. Discordian PETA? This has potential.
Quote from: horabthere's an essential difference between nazi's and peta, somewhere in the quagmire of supposed actions and whatnot, and to your them. they want to conquer the world sure but they're aren't in the same class as teh nazi's. people can do alot of very, very bad things, and often do, but the nazi's were one of thje few thign sin history that was truly evil.
Nonsense. There have been plenty of examples of true evil, historically.
Just ask the Cherokee.
Or a Southern Black, circa 1950.
And so on.
PETA places its "principles" above the lives of humans. This places them in the same catagory as the Nazis, except in
scale.
They understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to. They do their real work quietly, and you don't hear about it. People don't know it exists, and they can be left to do what they need to do in relative privacy.
I don't think that the real work they do is evil. Health and safety standards for the food we eat and the people who process it is not bad. If major food corporations had their way we'd have no standards. We no longer have farms. We have factories. The things they do in these factories in the name of producation scares me, and it should scare you if you eat meat.
Like I said, I don't excuse their stupid stunts. I don't agree with them. But they're not nazis. They haven't killed anybody. And they benefit you whether you're for animal right or not, but protecting your food source.
Quote from: HoshikoThey understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to.
For every village in India killed in gas leaks, Dow Chemical employs ~ 30,000 people.
This should cheer up the people of Bhopal.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: HoshikoThey understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to.
For every village in India killed in gas leaks, Dow Chemical employs ~ 30,000 people.
This should cheer up the people of Bhopal.
Did you here about the guys who made up a fake story about compensation for that to cause a drop in share prices? A truly great jake! They made up a classy website, backdated some material to make it look older and reported it. Even the BBC fell for it. :twisted: :lol:
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: horabthere's an essential difference between nazi's and peta, somewhere in the quagmire of supposed actions and whatnot, and to your them. they want to conquer the world sure but they're aren't in the same class as teh nazi's. people can do alot of very, very bad things, and often do, but the nazi's were one of thje few thign sin history that was truly evil.
Nonsense. There have been plenty of examples of true evil, historically.
Just ask the Cherokee.
Or a Southern Black, circa 1950.
And so on.
PETA places its "principles" above the lives of humans. This places them in the same catagory as the Nazis, except in scale.
if you can't see the difference ebtween nazi's and american imperialists then well, you're jsut ognn aclal every nazi's. until everyone's anazi and it happens again.
the foudning fathers there placed their lives and the lives of their families below their principles. i guess they were nazis as well.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: HoshikoThey understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to.
For every village in India killed in gas leaks, Dow Chemical employs ~ 30,000 people.
This should cheer up the people of Bhopal.
:lol: And that has what to do with PETA or discordianism, again?
Roger, just tell us the truth. Are you a...
species-ist?
Quote from: KenseiQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: HoshikoThey understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to.
For every village in India killed in gas leaks, Dow Chemical employs ~ 30,000 people.
This should cheer up the people of Bhopal.
Did you here about the guys who made up a fake story about compensation for that to cause a drop in share prices? A truly great jake! They made up a classy website, backdated some material to make it look older and reported it. Even the BBC fell for it. :twisted: :lol:
That's better than the spaghetti tree story!
Quote from: horabQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: horabthere's an essential difference between nazi's and peta, somewhere in the quagmire of supposed actions and whatnot, and to your them. they want to conquer the world sure but they're aren't in the same class as teh nazi's. people can do alot of very, very bad things, and often do, but the nazi's were one of thje few thign sin history that was truly evil.
Nonsense. There have been plenty of examples of true evil, historically.
Just ask the Cherokee.
Or a Southern Black, circa 1950.
And so on.
PETA places its "principles" above the lives of humans. This places them in the same catagory as the Nazis, except in scale.
if you can't see the difference ebtween nazi's and american imperialists then well, you're jsut ognn aclal every nazi's. until everyone's anazi and it happens again.
the foudning fathers there placed their lives and the lives of their families below their principles. i guess they were nazis as well.
Placing your principles above your own life is one thing. Volunteering OTHER peoples' lives for YOUR principles is quite another.
Quote from: HoshikoQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: HoshikoThey understand how the press and this society works. For every stupid naked supermodel stunt they pull, they have about 5 lawsuits they're actively tending to.
For every village in India killed in gas leaks, Dow Chemical employs ~ 30,000 people.
This should cheer up the people of Bhopal.
:lol: And that has what to do with PETA or discordianism, again?
Roger, just tell us the truth. Are you a... species-ist?
No, I just hate lab rats.
forgive me for oversimplifying, but it seems to me that what Hoshi is saying is that because of PETA, the price of a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger at Wendy's has gone up 20 cents...
you may now officially consider me an enemy of the PETA.
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and BTW, to which ever one of you accused me of wasting all my time telling everyone how much they suck: I don't believe I've ever actually said that (at least not soberly or seriously), and the whole reason I get worked up and start spouting the shit that no one wants to hear is because I see so many people here that actually don't suck (which is a real rarity), and I hate to see all the wasted potential (myself not only included, but singled out for especially harsh castigation in this regard)...and yes, my definition of wasting potential is doing anything that doesn't lead to the utter downfall of western civilization...
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and yes, my definition of wasting potential is doing anything that doesn't lead to the utter downfall of western civilization...
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Quote from: McStaband yes, my definition of wasting potential is doing anything that doesn't lead to the utter downfall of western civilization...
Amateur...why stop there?
Quote from: KenseiQuote from: McStaband yes, my definition of wasting potential is doing anything that doesn't lead to the utter downfall of western civilization...
Amateur...why stop there?
Did he say he would stop?
Well he could have put the downfall of all civilizations. I mean, if you are prepared to go that far, go for the really high stakes....
Quote from: KenseiWell he could have put the downfall of all civilizations. I mean, if you are prepared to go that far, go for the really high stakes....
All in good time, sir. Rome wasn't jaked in a day, you know.
They clearly weren't trying hard enough....Romans have no sense of humour anyway.
Kensei
Is highly demanding on the subject of jakery
Quote from: KenseiThey clearly weren't trying hard enough....Romans have no sense of humour anyway.
Sure they do. Ask the Carthaginians.
I know, turd. And that's why I give you the benefit of the doubt. You have good intentions. I don't think that your intention was to tell us that we suck, just the opposite.
But your way is not working. People have been saying the same crap on this board for so long now... If we all have so much potential then why aren't we using that to our collective advantage?
HOW can we use it? That's what I'm waiting to hear from you.
Quote from: HoshikoHOW can we use it? That's what I'm waiting to hear from you.
That would be cheating.
Quote from: HoshikoI know, turd. And that's why I give you the benefit of the doubt. You have good intentions. I don't think that your intention was to tell us that we suck, just the opposite.
But your way is not working. People have been saying the same crap on this board for so long now... If we all have so much potential then why aren't we using that to our collective advantage?
HOW can we use it? That's what I'm waiting to hear from you.
sorry, my role is that of the catalyst, not that of the field general...I could provide you with the answers, but not only would it defeat the purpose, it'd come with a price that I imagine few of you (if any) would be willing to meet...
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Hmmm. So you're all talk, then.
People here don't need a catalyst.
Just admit you're doing it for your own entertainment, and stop giving us lectures. I hardly think you're qualified.
Quote from: HoshikoHmmm. So you're all talk, then.
People here don't need a catalyst.
Just admit you're doing it for your own entertainment, and stop giving us lectures. I hardly think you're qualified.
What, exactly, are the required qualifications?
If you put yourself in a position of leader or catalyst or lecturer, you'd better have something to back that up, or it just makes you look like an ass when people say "Ok, then what?"
Quote from: HoshikoIf you put yourself in a position of leader or catalyst or lecturer, you'd better have something to back that up, or it just makes you look like an ass when people say "Ok, then what?"
True.
TGRR,
Has looked like an ass since 2002, never once having delivered on his promise of solutions for the problems listed in his sermons.
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jesus fucking christ...don't you get it? the whole point is that YOU are the one who has to come up with the answers for YOURSELF...do you really want my answers? you can have 'em, but there's a dual price of fealty and silence, and I can't imagine you wanting to be one of my little minions...one of those who had some promise, realized that something was a bit off, but couldn't quite find it within themselves to take action FOR themselves...I KNOW you have the intelligence and ability within yourself, the only question is, do you have the motivation? or are you content with the way things are and your current role in the grand scheme of things? my job as the Catalyst is to give you a little kick in the ass and get you off the couch (yeah, I know, I'm generalizing, but I mean what you know)...it's YOUR job as the field general to come up with the HOW and WHY of it for yourself...remember, you don't have to sign up to be part of the Americorp(tm) security apparatus to become a highly effective "army of one"...
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Quote from: HoshikoIf you put yourself in a position of leader or catalyst or lecturer, you'd better have something to back that up, or it just makes you look like an ass when people say "Ok, then what?"
Im working on it. However, 2 problems
1 Time. While on here I am normally witing essays. In fact, I spend 3/4 of my waking hours writing essays. I have to take time out from the pub to go jaking, or else incorporate it into something I have to do.
2 My own way of thinking. I think in a highly intuitively way, it makes it difficult to express what I mean in terms others can understand.
But I am working on it! Not because I want to be a leader. They're normally first for a fall, espescialy when they want to be in charge. I want to break this tedious dealock we seem to be in and get something done!
Quote from: McStabjesus fucking christ...don't you get it? the whole point is that YOU are the one who has to come up with the answers for YOURSELF...do you really want my answers? you can have 'em, but there's a dual price of fealty and silence, and I can't imagine you wanting to be one of my little minions...one of those who had some promise, realized that something was a bit off, but couldn't quite find it within themselves to take action FOR themselves...I KNOW you have the intelligence and ability within yourself, the only question is, do you have the motivation? or are you content with the way things are and your current role in the grand scheme of things? my job as the Catalyst is to give you a little kick in the ass and get you off the couch (yeah, I know, I'm generalizing, but I mean what you know)...it's YOUR job as the field general to come up with the HOW and WHY of it for yourself...remember, you don't have to sign up to be part of the Americorp(tm) security apparatus to become a highly effective "army of one"...
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Its a good point, and one worth remembering. However, we need to set out the tools, provide the basic ideas, show them the path but not walk it for them.
Quote from: KenseiQuote from: McStabjesus fucking christ...don't you get it? the whole point is that YOU are the one who has to come up with the answers for YOURSELF...do you really want my answers? you can have 'em, but there's a dual price of fealty and silence, and I can't imagine you wanting to be one of my little minions...one of those who had some promise, realized that something was a bit off, but couldn't quite find it within themselves to take action FOR themselves...I KNOW you have the intelligence and ability within yourself, the only question is, do you have the motivation? or are you content with the way things are and your current role in the grand scheme of things? my job as the Catalyst is to give you a little kick in the ass and get you off the couch (yeah, I know, I'm generalizing, but I mean what you know)...it's YOUR job as the field general to come up with the HOW and WHY of it for yourself...remember, you don't have to sign up to be part of the Americorp(tm) security apparatus to become a highly effective "army of one"...
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Its a good point, and one worth remembering. However, we need to set out the tools, provide the basic ideas, show them the path but not walk it for them.
Thank you. This is what I'm trying to convey.
Turd, you don't have to do the work for me.
I'm doing it myself. You assume a whole hell of a lot by coming here and posting something like your OP. Your assumptions are wrong in my case. I don't need a call to action. I am acting as it is.
For those who aren't, for those who could be helped by something like your OP, they can be helped more by illumination. People are more creative in groups. That's why I come to this board.
You were judging us in your OP. You put yourself in that position, I didn't do that. You're willing to criticize, but you're not willing to show us how things can improve. I'm not asking you to be explicit, but you were pretty general when you spoke of action.
Get people started. That's what I'm talking about.
Quote from: HoshikoThank you. This is what I'm trying to convey.
I seem to be doing that alot lately, saying what you are saying in slightly diferent ways.
If only I could figure out this damned business now! I know Im a bobdamned strategist, one of the better ones, and I can't figure it out! Argh, its doing my head in. I know there is at least one answer, porbably more and they are right in front of me, but Im not thinking about it properly.
There is a way, I've got to twist the perspective. I got to twist it through several different ways until I can see it. There is an answer and Im so fucking close, but in the same way the images in the mirror is close. I have to turn this about and get it straight somehow!
Quote from: KenseiDid you here about the guys who made up a fake story about compensation for that to cause a drop in share prices? A truly great jake! They made up a classy website, backdated some material to make it look older and reported it. Even the BBC fell for it. :twisted: :lol:
That has happened more than once. One time it was so bad the NASDAQ halted trading for the day on that stock. Then the people who had sold at a loss were pissed. :twisted:
Quote from: Hoshiko
Turd, you don't have to do the work for me. I'm doing it myself. You assume a whole hell of a lot by coming here and posting something like your OP. Your assumptions are wrong in my case. I don't need a call to action. I am acting as it is.
awesome...then you should probably ignore it when I post stuff like this since I'm clearly not directing it at you...and assuming that is indeed the case (which I am, I have no reason to doubt you), then don't you think it's kinda rude to jump down my throat like that?
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You did direct it to me. I post on this board. I play all the silly little games. Hell, I start some of those silly little games. I was trying to defend the concept of a balance of work and play, which is something you left out of your diatribe. I didn't jump down your throat. I gave you the benefit of the doubt.
You just kinda dissapointed me there. I thought you were serious about wanting to get something cool started on this board, but you keep up with being judgemental, and insulting regular posters. I get the impression that you're treating this board as practice. That may be way off, but it's been what I've observed.
I'm not against you at all. I repect almost everybody on this board for their intelligence and style, and I include you in that. But I see this type of thing crushing it, and it saddens me. It's not fun. I was making an effort to understand your point of view in the hopes that you would do the same with mine.
I wasn't attacking you personally, and I'm sorry if that's the impression I gave you. But I do get angry at people taking this board for granted. Like it or not, it is what it is. The people on this board DO have potential, I think we're in agreement when it comes to that.
I would love to see everyone set aside their differences and focus on what we have in common.
Quote from: HoshikoI would love to see everyone set aside their differences and focus on what we have in common.
The earth is flat. I think that we can all agree on that.
Quote from: ZemonThe earth is flat. I think that we can agree on.
you moron! the earth is CLEARLY a cube! gah!
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I always considered it pineapple shaped....
Turtle. So obviously a turtle.
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
Ralph is being held without writ of habeus corpus in a secret prison camp in Montana...for the crime of realizing that ALL consistency is foolish.
Can I have that red and white striped sweater then?
Quote from: Se?±or Limpiosorry, my role is that of the catalyst, not that of the field general...
Whoa. I thought you were the high mucky muck of the New Russian
Soviet Menace (or something). And you are not even a Field General?
Who's running your show then?
Bugs?
And who's running the bugs?
The Entomologists, that's who!
Beware :shock:
Quote from: Se?±or LimpioQuote from: ZemonThe earth is flat. I think that we can agree on.
you moron! the earth is CLEARLY a cube! gah!
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no way dude, it's cone shaped. and inverted.
hoshi, it's the laputians with whoem the entomologists are in league with who run the bugs.i lost a lot fo good comrades to get that information.
Hmmm, really? My life's purpose is to be an Entomologist. Maybe I wasn't the best person to tell that to... Seize him!
On a brighter note, I might have discovered a way to takeover the NSRA. w00t.
I'm the High Comrade Commander...which means I sit at my desk and come up with schemes and plots and get stoned and fall in love with hot revolutionary commie chicks and generally leave the dirty work to those who are better at it than me...ATM, the closest thing the NSRA has to a Field General is Mr. Kensei, who continually impresses me with his myriad talents in the art of fucking shit up...
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So I am technically in charge? Excellent.... :twisted:
i'm sad no one followed through with the sandwhich/breakfast assignment.
how can you fuck someone else's midn if you stomach is empty?
Quote from: horabi'm sad no one followed through with the sandwhich/breakfast assignment.
how can you fuck someone else's midn if you stomach is empty?
Because a lack of sugar makes my mind work in really wierd ways, which is how I get some of my best insights.....
Quote from: HoshikoOn a brighter note, I might have discovered a way to takeover the NSRA. w00t.
alright...that's it...you and me, behind the general store at high noon...
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Quote from: HoshikoTurtle. So obviously a turtle.
Turtles, all the way down :wink:
Quote from: Se?±or LimpioQuote from: HoshikoOn a brighter note, I might have discovered a way to takeover the NSRA. w00t.
alright...that's it...you and me, behind the general store at high noon...
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Where did you want the plastic explosives hidden again?
Quote from: Limpy McGoatBasturd.you and me, behind the general store at high noon...
:roll: What's with you guys and general stores? Just once I'd like to see a specific store...
And the earth is totally banana-shaped, Sir Bedevere said so. :lol:
Limpy McGoatBasturd?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I got $5 says you can't say that five times fast.
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Quote from: agent compassionQuote from: Limpy McGoatBasturd.you and me, behind the general store at high noon...
:roll: What's with you guys and general stores? Just once I'd like to see a specific store...
And the earth is totally banana-shaped, Sir Bedevere said so. :lol:
the 7eleven behind the shell on 36th and 30th se be there or be a trapezoid.
Cough it up, Stabby, 'cause I just said it.
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I din' hurr nuth'n...
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Well then clean the mozzarella out of your ears.... :)
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
Ralph is being held without writ of habeus corpus in a secret prison camp in Montana...for the crime of realizing that ALL consistency is foolish.
Can I have that red and white striped sweater then?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Quote from: Se?±or LimpioI got $5 says you can't say that five times fast.
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I got $5 says she can't say it once, even slow HAHAHAHAHA
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
Ralph is being held without writ of habeus corpus in a secret prison camp in Montana...for the crime of realizing that ALL consistency is foolish.
Can I have that red and white striped sweater then?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
::pouts::
Stop pouting, gnimbley.
I'd be glad to knit you a red and white sweater.
Just pop into this little bag here so my sister can measure you, k?
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: gnimbleyQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger2. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Dude, the quote is ...
Quote from: Ralph Waldo Emersona foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
BTW, where is Waldo these days?
Ralph is being held without writ of habeus corpus in a secret prison camp in Montana...for the crime of realizing that ALL consistency is foolish.
Can I have that red and white striped sweater then?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
::pouts::
Tiger claw ALWAYS beats paper! Ask Azziz!
I REALLY REALLY REALLY will DESTROY you ALL.
I want to go first.
*destroys scribe*
Quote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCI REALLY REALLY REALLY will DESTROY you ALL.
Excellent
Oh hell, he'll just back up again in a little while.
like this.
* goes next*
Well I am already dead, but he did destroy me. Thats worse than death.
Look's like you got better.
aini really really really wants to die ten thousand deaths in one doesn't she?
She might.
let's see what she has to say abou tit.
Quote from: boobiesLook's like you got better.
Thankyou. Hugh zombified me for Bella, did a rather good job. As for now, well...moping around the void really. Not exactly a fun future, but oh well....
He.
No matter.
I'll destroy you all anyway. So never mind.
could have been worse.
at least theres the void.
Quote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCaini really really really wants to die ten thousand deaths in one doesn't she?
Actually, I want to see ten thousand posters die in one day. I am tired of these lamers writing libels on my sexual practices.
Quote from: aini, oracle of doomQuote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCaini really really really wants to die ten thousand deaths in one doesn't she?
Actually, I want to see ten thousand posters die in one day. I am tired of these lamers writing libels on my sexual practices.
I'm sure you are quite versed in your masterbation techniques.
I mean at some point it stops being pratice and just plain old skilled use.
Quote from: boobiescould have been worse.
at least theres the void.
There is always void. :roll:
Quote from: destroyed by HughQuote from: boobiescould have been worse.
at least theres the void.
There is always void. :roll:
Void in all American states.
void=sex
Quote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCvoid=sex
No-one told me that before. I woudl have gone sooner if I had known. :shock:
Quote from: aini, oracle of doomI am tired of these lamers writing libels on my sexual practices.
you have to practice?
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Quote from: Se?±or Limpio Calzoncillos...and yes, my definition of wasting potential is doing anything that doesn't lead to the utter downfall of western civilization...
Quote from: The Judeans People's Front"WHat have the Romans ever done for us?
"Well, there's the roads."
"...And the Aqueducts."
"Schooling for the children!"
"OK, Ok, but apart from that, what havethe Romans done for us?"
"Oh! The Markets, and a codified monetary system."
"Shut UP!"
and your point would be?
try that nonsense on someone who gives a rat-fuck...
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Obviously, somebody never watched "Life of Brian"...
Here, have an Otter Penis. Maybe some Weasel Nipples?
And I have to say that Hosh has a point. You tell us to keep out mouths shut, and then complain because it looks like no one on this board is doing anything.
Wouldn't a frivolous Discordian website be a perfect front?
Quote from: Se?±or Limpio CalzoncillosQuote from: aini, oracle of doomI am tired of these lamers writing libels on my sexual practices.
you have to practice?
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Whether or not I have to practice is not the issue. It's that these trolls are so lame that they need to go to spreading false rumors of a sexual nature. I am not impressed with the Dooms' trolling abilities.
Hint: Bella trolls IRL.
Better watch your step, dearie.
Quote from: aini, oracle of doomQuote from: Se?±or Limpio CalzoncillosQuote from: aini, oracle of doomI am tired of these lamers writing libels on my sexual practices.
you have to practice?
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Whether or not I have to practice is not the issue. It's that these trolls are so lame that they need to go to spreading false rumors of a sexual nature. I am not impressed with the Dooms' trolling abilities.
the trolling is admittedly weak...I'd offer to show them a thing or two, but they'll have to pick a new target first...
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We'll see if what I did gets noticed.
:shifty eyes:
Quote from: ScribeQuote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCvoid=sex
No-one told me that before. I woudl have gone sooner if I had known. :shock:
At least it's never too late.
Quote from: The FreshmakerYeah, you...you, over there in the corner writing poetry that no one else cares about...you over there talking about how your weird hair or freaky clothes are inspiring discord by making people treat you as a social pariah...you, baking the cookies and pie...what are you doing? I mean, what are you actually DOING? you profess to adhere to some noble idea of being the monkeywrench in the MACHINE, and yet, you stand idly by and occasionally grease the gears yourself, oblivious to the fact that you're just as much one of THEM as THEY are...you may frown on the idea of "serious discordians", but do we not, upon taking on the mantle of Erisianism, also take upon ourselves some (ir)responsibility to effect the dynamic which we profess to give our allegiance to? Do we not sully the (not so)good name of our brothers and sisters in discord when we do nothing to bring the discord into not only our lives, but the lives of others? Are we not, in fact, worse than those we call Greyface? For Greyface is just a cog in the MACHINE, he knows not that he is part of a greater evil, he just goes to work, goes to the bar, goes home to his nagging wife and screamy kids, and gets up the next day to do it again, oblivious all the while to the random wonder that he is surrounded by...but YOU (and I include myself in this accusation too, for I am no better than my peers) should know better...you are KNOWINGLY perpetuating the imbalance between hodge and podge...you are INTENTIONALLY depriving the world of SLACK..."So what?" you say..."who are you to tell me what to do?" you say...to which I can only invoke rule number one (KYFMS) and try to assure you that I AM trying...and that for you not to do the same is not only irresponsible and dangerous, but just downright LAME. Go call yourself wahtever you want, but do not come to me calling yourself a Discordian, for you are not worthy of the name...get off your ass...go outside...look around you at the world that you inhabit...do you not see the grid? the pattern? the plotted points on the graph that dictate the movement and actions of everything around you? of course you do...you wouldn't have gotten this far if you didn't...but now it's time ot take the next step...the REAL step...the only step that truly MATTERS...it's time for you to start living up to your own self-professed ideals...go now! go slash a tire on a delivery truck while it's parked on a major city street...go jam epoxy resin into the coin slots of all the parking meters...go write not one letter to your congressman, but 1000 letters, all signed by different people, all crying out for the repeal of laws prohibiting voluntary autoerotic cannibalism...go open the valves on a tank of NO2 in the lobby of a major investment firm...go rotate all the streetsigns in your neighborhood 90 degrees to the left...GO DO SOMETHING...now, before you wake up one day, go to your crappy job, go to the bar, come home to your nagging wife and screaming kids, and get up the next day to do it all over again....
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But what if I'm too lazy?
then you'll either die homeless and sick, or be ground under the gears of the MACHINE until you're compliant, just like everyone else.
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Or you can trhow a wrench into the machine and if that doesn't work you can set your neighbor on fire.
Quote from: Bathory's SainthoodYeah, you...you, over there in the corner writing poetry that no one else cares about...you over there talking about how your weird hair or freaky clothes are inspiring discord by making people treat you as a social pariah...you, baking the cookies and pie...what are you doing? I mean, what are you actually DOING? you profess to adhere to some noble idea of being the monkeywrench in the MACHINE, and yet, you stand idly by and occasionally grease the gears yourself, oblivious to the fact that you're just as much one of THEM as THEY are...you may frown on the idea of "serious discordians", but do we not, upon taking on the mantle of Erisianism, also take upon ourselves some (ir)responsibility to effect the dynamic which we profess to give our allegiance to? Do we not sully the (not so)good name of our brothers and sisters in discord when we do nothing to bring the discord into not only our lives, but the lives of others? Are we not, in fact, worse than those we call Greyface? For Greyface is just a cog in the MACHINE, he knows not that he is part of a greater evil, he just goes to work, goes to the bar, goes home to his nagging wife and screamy kids, and gets up the next day to do it again, oblivious all the while to the random wonder that he is surrounded by...but YOU (and I include myself in this accusation too, for I am no better than my peers) should know better...you are KNOWINGLY perpetuating the imbalance between hodge and podge...you are INTENTIONALLY depriving the world of SLACK..."So what?" you say..."who are you to tell me what to do?" you say...to which I can only invoke rule number one (KYFMS) and try to assure you that I AM trying...and that for you not to do the same is not only irresponsible and dangerous, but just downright LAME. Go call yourself wahtever you want, but do not come to me calling yourself a Discordian, for you are not worthy of the name...get off your ass...go outside...look around you at the world that you inhabit...do you not see the grid? the pattern? the plotted points on the graph that dictate the movement and actions of everything around you? of course you do...you wouldn't have gotten this far if you didn't...but now it's time ot take the next step...the REAL step...the only step that truly MATTERS...it's time for you to start living up to your own self-professed ideals...go now! go slash a tire on a delivery truck while it's parked on a major city street...go jam epoxy resin into the coin slots of all the parking meters...go write not one letter to your congressman, but 1000 letters, all signed by different people, all crying out for the repeal of laws prohibiting voluntary autoerotic cannibalism...go open the valves on a tank of NO2 in the lobby of a major investment firm...go rotate all the streetsigns in your neighborhood 90 degrees to the left...GO DO SOMETHING...now, before you wake up one day, go to your crappy job, go to the bar, come home to your nagging wife and screaming kids, and get up the next day to do it all over again....
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RAH! 9/10!
What was needed for the extra point? *starts to take notes*
Quote from: ScribeWhat was needed for the extra point? *starts to take notes*
BIG, RED STRAPS!
That's about the only thing that could have topped the piece off.